Hair curler



May 5, 1925. 1,536,387

M. 1.. HENRY HAIR CURLER Filed Apiil 1, 1924 Afauy Z. @6477 fmowwwPatented May 5, 1925.

UNITED STATES MARY L. HENRY, OF JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial No. 708,026.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY L. HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet apparatus, particularly to hair curlingdevices, and has for its object the provision of a novel device designedparticularly, though not limited in this respect, for curling bobbedhair so as to produce the much desired cascade and wavy effect which isso much in vogue at the present time.

An important and more specific object is the provision of a device ofthis character which is of a clamp-like nature and well adapted forengagement upon either short or comparatively long hair, though usuallythe former, whereby the present and com monly known bobbed hair may begiven the undulatory or wavy effect which is so nearly an approximationof naturally curly hair.

Another object is the provision of a hair curling device of thischaracter which will be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture,easy to apply and adjust, positive in action, efiicient and durable inservice, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be heremaftermore fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showingit in entirely open position.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when thestrands of hair are initially clamped, prior to the twisting or curlingoperation.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device showing the supplemental orauxiliary arm in its operative or clamping position.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates,broadly, the main portion of the device which is formed from a singlelength of resilient strip metal bent upon itself intermediate its endsto define a substantially open loop 11 which is more than semi-circularin shape and which terminates in an elongated tongue 12 which has arounded end 13. The tongue 12 is of somewhat less length than the mainor body portion of the member 10, for a purpose to be explained. Inother words, it may be said that the main or base arm of the bodyportion 10 is of somewhat greater length than the tongue 12, and thefree end of the member 10 is formed with an opening, circular or ofother shape, 15': which is likewise for a purpose to be described.

Slidably mounted upon the main or body portion 10 is a retaining clementdesignated broadly by the numeral 15, which retaining element ispreferably formed from a single piece of resilient metal bent into anopen loop form and slidable upon the main portion so as to be capable ofdisposition in embracing relation to the tongue 12, as shown in Figure2. It should, however, be noted that there is no particular limitationas to the precise structural details of these elements as they mayobvious ly be varied within considerably wide limits.

The device further includes a third arm 16 which, in actual practice,may very Well be formed from a single length of resilient wire havingone end coiled or bent, as shown at 17 and engaged within an opening 14and so bent as to prevent casual disengagement from the memberdesignated broadly by the numeral 10.

In. order to provide retaining means for the free end of the member 16,the bight portion or reflex bend 11 of the main or body portion isformed with a diagonal slot 18 adapted to have the free end of theelement 16 engaged therein.

In the operation, assuming that all the parts of the device are indisconnected or open position, as shown in Figure 1, the very ends ofthe strands 0r wisp of hair to be curled are engaged between theelements 10 and 12, subsequently to which the element 12 is pressedtoward the member 10 to exert a clamping action upon the ends, and themember 15 moved so as to slidably engage over and upon the free end 13of the member 12. This effectually clamps or grips the ends of the wispor strands of hair tightly and positively prevents slipping. The deviceis then turned or rotated toward the head until the desired number ofconvolutions of the hair have been wrapped about the assembled elements1( and 12, subsequently .to which the arm 16 is swung over and above orinto clamping relation with respect to the coil of hair, with its freeend engaged within the slot disengage the tongue 12 so that the entiredevice may bedise'ngaged from the hair. The foregolng describedprocedure onables the operator to completely curl or avave the'hair bythe use of the device, since thetres's of hair is Wrapped on the devicefrom the very end thereof. fith many other devices now in use, the hairis Wound from the roots outwardly upon a member and then a'seco ndmember is latched there to to clamp the hair and prevent it fromunwinding. While such old devices are more or less satisfactory withlong hair, Where the ends are uneven, good results are not obtained byusing them with bobbed hair Wherethe ends are otsubslantially uniformlength, since the ends of bobbed hair cannot be caught in the formerdevices and consequently remain unwaved or uncur'led. \Vhen employingsuch old devices on bobbed hair it is necessary, in order to obtain adesirable finish to the coitture, to employ a'cur'ling iron on the endsof the hair.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form,

slot constituting a keeper, a second keeper slidably mounted upon saidmain or body portion and adapted to be engaged upon the free end of saidtongue, and an arm formed from a single length of resilient Wirehaving'one end coiled and engaged Within said hole and its other endadapted for engagement Within said slot.

2. A device of the character described comprising a clamping memberincluding a body member and a tongue connected by a loop portion, akeeper movably mounted on the body member and engageable with thetongue, the free end of the body 1116111- ber having a hole therein, andan arm having one end coiledand engaged Within said hole and detachablyconnected with said loop portion.

In testimony whereof I hereto afiix my signature.

MARY L. HENRY.

